The Naples Daily News du lieu suivant : Naples, Florida • 13

Section NAPLES DAILY NEWS Sun Fab 6 1977 Regional Scene Marco Island Everglades City Immokalee Bonita Springs Estero Golden Gate Vanderbilt Beach Wednesday Night Massacre' Marco procuce Haulers Pull Stakes The embargo gave growers time to figure out if they can supply canners who make the state's major citrus product frozen concentrated orange juice It also allowed time for freeze damage to show up so that shoppers won't get inferior fruit in markets lnsvtors will be watching the fresh fruit very closely THERE ARE indications that shipments will he slow even with the end of the embargo For Immokalee's half dozen truck brokers the sudden frost has spelled disaster Suddenly uprooted many picked up stakes and headed for markets in Texas and Arizona have to go where the produce is and the truckers are following them out there All of them have got to pay their bills and there isn't anything to haul in Florida" the wife of an Immokalee truck broker said She said she could not accompany her husband because (Continued on Page 2B) Now those jobs are gone another victim of bad weather At this time of year Immukalee's State Farmers Market is usually a beehive of activity with trucks dogging loading docks their 42-foot trailers laden with 30-pound cartons of tomatoes The yard was nearly empty Friday however with only on occasional car drifting through on its way to an office tucked into one of the large packing houses FLORIDA NORMALLY supplies more tomatoes -about 100000 of the 30-pound cartons a day during January than any other state Last week however the state did only about a quarter of its normal volume Most of the unpicked citrus crop survived the freeze but it has provided scant work for drivers Shipments of fresh fruit were embargoed by the Florida Citrus Commission until last Thursday By STEVE HERENDEEN County Reporter IMMOKALEE A vast and deserted plain of asphalt stretches where diesel-belching trucks once roamed and loading docks clamored with the noise of produce being shipped to northern markets It happened overnight so abruptly in fact that some observers have dubbed the aftermath of a killing frost that knifed through South Florida on Jan 19 "the Wednesday night In its wake it left farmers with fields black with dead plants and thousands of suddenly jobless migrant farmworkers NOT THE LEAST of those hard hit were the hundreds of independent produce haulers for whom Immokalee is the terminus in a shipping line that reaches to markets as far nwsv Maine Death Decision Expected TALLAHASSEE Fla (AP) The state Supreme Court's decision striking down part of Florida's death penalty law as unconstitutional was not a supr-ise says an aide to Ally Gen Robert Shevin The Friday decision brings Florida's law into line with what the Supreme Court has said is acceptable Deputy Atty Gen James Whisenand said In a unanimous decision Thursday the state court struck down that part of the capital punishment law which required a death sentence for any person convicted of raping a child under the age of 11 That was the only crime in Florida for which death was mandated Rape is also the only crime other than murder for which a death penalty can be imposed The Florida high court relied on last year's Supreme Court rulings which said that while the death penalty is constitutional it cannot be mandatory for any crime The US court ruled in overturning death penalty laws in (Continued on Page 3B) The packing house lot once was jam packed with big diesel rigs MEMO FROM MRS Community planners keep talking about "maximum use" of public facilities Well get this you taxpayers Our Marco Fire Department is doing its best Like the handsome new fire engines will be (temporarily) wheeled out of the handsome new No 1 Fire Station on South Barfield Drive the evening of Feb 12 What for? For the Youth Center's St Day Sweetheart Dance that's what! It's for the island teen-agers and it promises to be a great frolic we know a couple of oldsters who are teen-agers at heart and would like to come but we doubt they could keep up all evening with the frenetic pace of the Sweet Freedom Band which promises to make the rafters ring right off their hooks the tab is right $125 single $2 a couple! FEB 7 IS THE MAGIC DAY for Dr Ray and Bobbette Pflster that's the occasion on which they'll actually have their new homesite in Port Royal staked out so they can truly visualize how great the new manse will be the Pfistcrs at the moment are back from a medical meeting and visiting friends in Bal Harbor and Palm Beach MARK FEB I ON YOUR CALENDAR That's the Newcomers Club luncheon at the Country Club the first gathering with the new officers Kathy Malkemes president Fay EckH first vice president Helen Barber second VP Olga LeFevre secretary Marguerite Hunter treasurer and Ruth Davison assistant treasurer The girls have a fine program blocked out for the season with the roster at an all-time high This may be the only club in the world with a time limit When your time as a Newcomer is up you have to switch to the Castaways For the Feb 9 program Barbara Burkett has an intriguing talk title "Making Money and Credit Work For Barbara got her degree at Iowa did her graduate work at Illinois and Harvard IF PRAYERS AND GOOD WISHES COUNT (and they surely do) Wally Fischer should come through this upcoming surgery in fine fettle Over the weekend his room at Naples Community Hospital was thronged with a constant stream of concerned visitors the phone in his room kept buzzing Daughter Sue came over to help valiant Anne function as social secretary or whatever and Wally said he felt so good he was tempted to put on his pants and go fishing ABOUT THAT FEB IS FINE ARTS SHOW to be staged by the Marco Art League at the shopping plaza They have a wondrous variety of entries in oils acrylics water colors with awards set up for Best of Show and three prims in each class plus three honorable mention ribbons The distinguished Judge is Dr George Pappas chairman of the art department of the University of South Florida Entries must be original and there is stiP time to get into the show It costs $15 to register and you can do it by phoning Virginia Moles chairman no later than Feb 10 So far there are more than 50 entries from Florida Michigan Kentucky Connecticut Ohio Illinois you name they'll probably have somebody from there ALBERT (RED) STIER WEARS a lot of hats these days and Friday he got another chapeau The Collier County Democratic Club elected Red president for the coming year and as Red chuckled "That ain't just THE MARCO JAYCEES LIVELY BUNCH have their rummage sale coming up Feb 26 It will be staged at the shopping plaza as it was last year and the rummage sale will be the first fund-raiser for the annual JavCee fireworks show July Fourth at the community beach Prexy Jim Chute says the JayCees will be happy to pick up your contributions in rummage Oh yes the second fund-raiser will be a JayCee Fish Fry March 12 for funds and fun THAT MARDI GRAS AT PORT OF MARCO March 25 through March 27 is coming on like gangbusters with the sheriff's mighty men the Shriners Women's Club of Marco (and Naples) Pilot Club JayCees JayCee-ettes Newcomers Rotary Chamber of Commerce Youth Center and the Fire Department pitching in other organizations are signing up to help Everett Wray co-chairman (with Carol Von Radesky and Louise Sorrenti) says this looms as the greatest allisland festival ever held with balls and fiestas and a prize raffle of two (count "Mo-ped" bikes pizza night a fish fry a parade and a masquerade ball all fur the benefit of the Marco Youth Center Thanks to Nate Hunt the Youth Center kids have a 40-foot flatbed trailer for their float theme of the parade is with kids in costumes of nations round the world For $25 you ran enter a float and let yourself go ADDENDA Mel and Cathy Condon are contributing all the proceeds of their pizza night event to the Youth Center cause so eat hearty and damn the calories HEY DID YOU SEE THAT gorgeous color shot of Cliff Doyle and his "Sweet Sue" on the cover of the February issue of Field and Stream? It ballyhons a yam by Vic Dunaway on catching snook and in the article they sure do WELL THEY FINALLY FINISHED the Marco Island Country Club Women's Golf Association President's Cup Tourney Thursday (try getting that title on a theater marquee) They got a verdict after three weather postponements and if they hadn't been able to stage the playoff Thursday I suspect Anne Roth might have fled to Tahiti or somewhere But here's the tally: Kilty Graham won with a 134 low net Phyllis Walbridge took second with 141 Gina Zlngaro was third with 142 Marg Rlyberg and Janet Pettit tied with 143 so they'll decide the fourth and fifth place standings In a playoff Jo Teepe and Betty Sommer had a photo finish at 145 The tourney was not only plagued by weather but the 24-hour flu attacked some of the gals Anne Roth confides that on the day she tried to play her head felt as if it had been blown up with a bicycle pump OH YES THE VICE PRESIDENTS CUP (the Lambs) wound up with June August taking a 64 Harriett Bovier a 65 and Ethel Pratt a 69 SOMETHING EVERY ABLE CITIZEN should bet in on we've got a CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation) course starting at the Marco Beach Hotel Feb 14 and each Monday through March 14 from 7:30 to 9:30 pm The cost is a mere $2 (for materials) Jim Beam of the Red Cross has a fine crew of instructors Dr Nelson and Dr Gursoy will lecture and moderate the course and what you learn may make it possible for you to save a life imperiled by drowning asphyxiation nr cardiac failure JUNE STACKPOOLE HAS TWO NEW SERVICES set for her Caxambas Transporation Co the first is an (Continued on Page 9B) Klan Will March For State Recruits Lee To Discuss Relief For US 41 Congestion said Rogers of Lak Wales The Tallahassee march is ei peeled to draw between 100 an 150 Klansmen in their whit robes he said It will begin few blocks from predominant! black Fkirida Universit and proceed around the Capiiu In addition to the march Ri gers said the Klan had a bar quet scheduled at a local re taurant The featured speii kiwi II be Robert Shelton of Ala bama the Imperial Wizard i the United Klans of America Rogers said Tallahassee wa chosen for the first march bi cause the Klan had "picked (Continued on Page 2B) TALLAHASSEE Fla (AP) The head of the Ku Klux Klan in Florida says his group will march on the state Capitol this month to kick off a statewide recruiting drive John Paul Rogers state Klan leader said that the Feb 19 Tallahassee march was one of a series of events planned for the drive Rogers said marches also were planned for Davie in Broward County and near Lakeland although no specific dates had been set is renewed interest in the organization all over the United States and in Florida and we want to capitalize on The commissioner said he was referring to a fire that destroyed a furniture store and a carpet store on Cleveland Avenue (US 41) and the Jan 25 plane crash in which three persons were killed when a Cessna aircraft crashed into a golf car sales and service building "We are being choked by the problem of Inadequate roads in this area even without those two emergencies" he said ROBERTS $AID he hopes that a parallel road can be constructed east of the airport By KAY SMITH Bonita Bureau FORT MYERS The Lee County Commission will hold a workshop session at 10 am Tuesday at the courthouse to discuss the possible construction of parallel roads to relieve the traffic congestion on the heavily traveled US 41 in the Fort Myers area The workshop was requested by Commissioner Roland Roberts who pointed out the need for alternate routes to the only northbound and southbound four-lane artery between the city of Fort Myers and the southern areas of the county Roberts said he can speak from experience because "I travel US 41 every day (workday) to the ecu rt house" BECAUSE IT has been declared a historical site the Royal Palm-lined two-lane McGregor Boulevard on the west side of town cannot be four-laned or widened to any degree he said Roberts further pointed out that two recent emergencies on US 41 near the airport added to the hazards of traveling along the congested highway RONALD ROBERTS travels US 41 "This and other alternate routes will be discussed at this workshop he said Good Company Recipe For Success of 'Meals' The program that started with 20 diners today has expanded to 40 By KAY SMITH Bonita Bureau BONITA SPRINGS Mix companionship with a heaping of conversation and you have the recipe that makes the Lee County Congregate Meal Project for citizens of 60 years and over an instant success Sponsored in the county by the Lee County School board the program is federally financed through the state Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services under Title 7 of the Older Americans Act Richard Calkins director of Congregate Meals in Lee County said during a recent visit to the Bonita Springs site at the Church of God on Childers Street The program that began at St Leo Catholic Church Activities Building on Jan 12 1976 with about 20 diners today has expanded to 40 Chris Kellum the site cooridnator said number one with those who gather at the hall five days a week for their midday dinner THE FOOD IS prepared at the Lee County Vocational-Technical School and shipped from Fort Myers in a heated van Calkins said the program first looks for persons whose incomes are at the "poverty The next on our list of priorities are persons who are unable to prepare meals for themselves The third is the social needs for the 60 years and over individual want them to get back to a way of life they used to know meeting people" he said The 10 per cent contribution of the school board is divided into a 50 per cent use of its facilities and 50 per cent cash he said BECAUSE THE PROGRAM is limited to providing 240 meals a day five days a week (Continued on Page 2B) TRANSPORTATION problems promoted the county school board to seek a site where more people could walk to the place meals are served she said In June of last year the Church of God agreed that the program coordinators could use its church hall on Childers Street off Old 41 Road "As much as we enjoyed the St Leo Church facilities this site is much more convenient for the majority of our Calkins said Although the social aspect of the program ranks only third on the list of the congregate meal project's priorities it is WZl ffcota hy Smith Diners file passed in cafeteria-style serving line.